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On a recent rainy Wednesday, around a dozen Richmonders participated in a speed dating-style event downtown. The goal? Not a second date, but scoring some investor capital.

Northern Virginia-based nonprofit The Capital Collective took to the Commonwealth Club to host the culminating event in its Beyond the Million program, which aims to help owners of small and midsized businesses grow their companies and find investors.

The Sept. 17 event hosted 10 capital providers from around the U.S., who met with the Richmond-area business owners and heard pitch presentations from the owners.

The pitches capped the intensive 12-week Beyond the Million program, which is funded by Capital One and began in May with programming such as creating an investor pitch

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